Customs officers have prevented an attempt of smuggling of a large consignment of diazepam into Tajikistan out of Afghanistan, according to the Customs Committee under Government of Tajikistan.
The Customs Committee press center says an inspection of people and vehicles proceedings via the Panji Poyon border crossing point on the Tajik-Afghan border in Khatlon province found a large amount of psychotropic substances and medications hidden in a truck belonging to the 33-year-old resident of Vakhsh district (Khatlon province), T.I.
Medications such as Gelofusine, Diazepam (7,500 ampullas) and Clobetasol cream (840 tubes) were extracted from the hide.
Diazepam, first marketed as Valium, is a medication of the benzodiazepine family that typically produces a calming effect. It is commonly used to treat a range of conditions including anxiety, alcohol withdrawal syndrome, benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome, muscle spasms, seizures, trouble sleeping, and restless legs syndrome. It may also be used to cause memory loss during certain medical procedures. Diazepam is a Schedule IV controlled drug under the Convention on Psychotropic Substances.
Criminal proceedings have reportedly been instituted against T.I. under the provisions of Article 200 (2) of Tajikistan’s Penal Code – illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances; an investigation is under way.
